Some more questions... which one?

[jnev]

Anyone have answers to the above questions?

I ran the buggy today (just on a parking lot), and it runs absolutely awesome. I only stripped the whole front differential form all the power, lol, so it was pretty much rear wheel drive towards the end. And my tires are officially slicks :005:. I ran about half the battery. Should I charge the battery fully, and then discharge to 3.8 volts, or is there another way to do this?

Thanks

[nativepaul]

I filled my centre diff (the only one I've had apart) right up as far as it would go, span it to get the oil into the nooks and crannies, left it to rest a while for the bubbles to rise and burst, then topped it right up again before sealing it. When I opened it it was only half full, so I'm not 100% that it's supposed to be full but I guessed that the other half had leaked out.

It is perfectly normal to put more than than the batterys capacity into it when charging, the battery is not 100% efficient at converting the electrical energy from the charger to chemical energy for storage.

I don't know about the balancer, hopefully the manual can help you out.

The HB Lightning 2 pro has hardened diff gears, which should stop you striping them again without spending a fortune. Are you sure it's striped tho? I did predict handling similar to a rear wheel drive using 30K in the centre diff, also with that oil the front diff should have been doing a lot less work than the rear, I would expect that one to go first, though it's possible your front one was a friday night special and had a manufacturing defect.

I recommend on-road tyres for running at the car park when your new "slicks" die or you will get through a lot of tyres, I've used Medial Pro-Tarmac IIs which I like, and Proline-RoadRages which are utter [insert expletive here] stay well away.

Another way to do what? A storage charge? If so how long are you going to be storing it for? If its going to be used within a month I give it a full charge, if not, Use your chargers storage or A123 setting if it has them or if not, after driving it charge it as usual but disconnect it after half the regular charge time. Discharging a LiPo is just a waste of a cycle.